Yarn cone printing device



Feb. 23, 1937. G Q GLENN ET AL 2,071,336

YARN GONE PRINTING DEVICE Filed March 25, 1936 'y N1 ..4 'l

lll/ll Patented Feb. 23, 1937 UNI-Teuf; Es

2,071,33aif,

' winnie, Nj.:ro. s Application. Marh 725; weliswaar.goei@ 10 Claims.

Our invention relatesuto` improvements indevicesA for printing onu theinterior ofv yarn cones, and it consists -in the l com bpations, constructions andl afremmen@ herein defzr'ibed' and Claimd- In .the cotton spinning industry the` yarn Yis wound on cones madepf stiffcardboard andthe material Wound` is shippedtovvbuyersi ',It islneces-` Sary to' ideniifyithg.-vaiigsyarpeon diffrenl cones and this is generally doneatpresent bythe"z 11Se'.,0f. prie-@ed summed labels Furthermore, cones i. of severalgcolors are often used at the saineJ in a vinv/ill, eachcolofr dis? tinguishin'g a Jparticularnnurnber of yarn frein others being4 lrun.u The usefofa single color of a cone can ofpoursepconvevtonly theydiferenceof a,l single .charaotervbut itvis dsirablet indicate other Qualis'OrhaaieSt S1105 @Spike typ 0f. twst-,pergitasee infmiXedbrS/{the pera-A torisnumpenetc. v

G `rnecllabels deteriorate rapidly. Theystick' will obviatethefuse of colo-redcones;Y thus permitting. the cheaper uncolored cone to be used.

A further object of theinvention is to provide a simple, practicaland durable hand machine2 by means of which Aa plurality of indicatingv characteristics can be printed simultaneously on the inside of thev cone," i

A further Objectis to providea printing device 40 making use ofinkandhaving an inkingvpad of large capacity from which alarg'e numberjof. im? pressions can bei-made.

A'further object is to provide a printing ydevice in which there are removable andreplaeable lines of type, dsposedfsov as to printin lines mcoinciding with the geometrical elements of, the cone, that is toV say, inilines running from vthe base to the apex of the cone, asldistinguished from lines at right angles, the latter being necessarily curved. f

Other objects and advantageslwillappear in the follgwing ,Svpgqeatipn and. the novel: feabves of the inventionrwill be. particularly pom edr out siredf- Afrew @sgr/eater num a bel used. wiinoutfdem tinsifromthg. invenieef 30 Seuredmthe mgeripnvtion efr-thai k D241 holder l2 are detachable screws l 87,5. l

@Reggello-Whig en., 9;" 1 as if revolve, Willi th smev time i0', Pennini??? Qllii through registering slots 25 i tegral therewith, or of a different metal. This extension is shown at 32. It has slots 33 for the reception of type bars 34 which are pivoted at 35, as shown in Fig. 2.

5 As will be seen from Fig. 1, we have illustrated four of these type bars disposed at ninety degrees apart. They are all alike and the description of one will suffice for all. 'Ihe upper ends of the type'barsffare xpand'edf andare slotted to receive-.the'linksl .-'-"'Ihe latter are pivoted to the individual type bars at 36. Each type bar has secured to it a U-shaped clip 3l by means of screws 31a. The outer ends of -these u -shaped clips are bent inwardly toward one another, as shown in Fig. 5. 'Ihe typebl'ocks, i. e. the lines of type 38, are provided with grooves on their sides arranged to receive tlkiebentend portions of the clips, whereby the line of "type is held. The type bars 34 are guided in their movements, as will berexplainedlater, byua circular guide member 3l`v`ll 1ich'ist provided with slots 40 for receiving Ythe -lower portion of the type bar.

From the foregoing description of the various parts, ofA the` device l'the operation thereof may be readily understoodfI'lie type may form any suitable legends to indicate the mill making the yarn, the operators number, the type of twist, percentagesin mixed bers, etc. as" indicated at 30 It may bedesirable to have certain indicia in onecolorpandother indiciaY in other colors, and

this i's` the purpose ofthe plate 2 l Let us assume that the four` colors used are blackgreen, red and blue.l In order that the particular line of type may be inkedon a particular pad this plate 2l isgused.l In inking, the type rvthe base 28 is placed on a resistantsurfaca-which in practice mayrbe the hand, the bell-shaped ink pad holder is moveddownwardly until the washer 42 engages the4 plate 2lL when theltype will be in registration with -tl`1e jpads.-* Now with a downward movement ofthe-plunger the links 24 will cause the type bars to swing outwardly against the pads, thus inking `thetyl'oe;` The device is now placedjin a cone, Jthat-'is to say,"'the base is thrustnto a Vconethe bell-shaped member I2 is brought down-onto the top ofthe' cone and thehandle isA given a sudden movement downwardly. 'I'herbase'will be frictinally held by the coneandfthe 4downward movement of the handle will throw the type out into printing contact with the interior of the cone, as shown in dotted ylines,vin l' ig.v 2. Ihedevice maybe then lifted from the oo neafterthe-printing has been done.

7 55 It will-be noted that the shaft 9' can VbeV given a quartery olfalturn- I his permits the particular pad to be engaged by the type from one end to the other, but it` prevents the engagement of type gage 2L' pti-@With green.l Ifit is desired to change the color,-asfor instance from red to green, then thevscrews are removed, the disk or plate 2l is revolved to the; position; desired and vthe screws areagain reinsertedto hold the` plate in faV positionqtdpermit-auarteij'of a. revolution, but no We have stavate@ dashes/ing four lines Pi maand f ourgpad'sjbut@bi/1011515' there might be moregorgles's withoutdeparting from thevspirit thillleessityxbf reirikinefor alQn'g period. The

-cories' are veryquicklyprinted, 'sinCe'one thrust is allthat isneqessaryas,distinguished from the 75 't'oibledriapplying-labels: As'a consequence (lib there is a great saving in the time of' printing the data, as well as in the cost.

We claim:

1. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion for frictionally engaging the interior of the cone, a shaft movable toward said base portion, movable type, and means actuated by the movement of the shaft toward the base for foro-- ing the type into printingv engagement with thef interior Wall of the cone.

2. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion for frictionally engaging the interior of the cone, a shaft movable toward said base por-Y tion, a type bar pivotally mounted on said baseportion, and bearing type, and means actuated bythe movement of the shaft toward the base for swinging the type bar on its pivot to bring the type into printing engagement with the interior wall of the cone.

3. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion for frictionally engaging the interior of the cone, a, shaft movable toward said base portion, a plurality of type bars pivotally mounted on said base, and a link connecting each type bar with the shaft whereby the movement of the i shaft toward the base will swing the type bars outwardly to bring the type into printing engagement with the interior wall of the cone at points spaced apart thereon.

4. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion for frictionally engaging the interior of the cone, a shaft movable toward and away from said base portion, a bell-shaped ink pad holder having a central bore to receive the shaft and being movable longitudinally of the shaft, a plurality of type bearing bars pivotally connected to said base and being receivable within the bellshaped ink pad holder, and links connecting the shaft with the type bearing bars for swinging the bars outwardly to bring the type against the ink pads when the shaft is moved toward the base and to swing them inwardly toward the shaft when the shaft is moved away from the base.

5. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion for frictionally engaging the interior of the cone, a central sleeve secured to the base, type bearing bars pivotally connected to the base at one end and arranged to engage the sleeve in inoperative position, a shaft having an end arranged to enter the sleeve, a spring for normally holding the shaft away from the sleeve and links connected With the shaft and with the type bars for swinging the type bars outwardly away from the sleeve when the shaft is moved toward the base.

6. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion for frictionally engaging the interior of the cone, a central sleeve secured to the base, type bearing bars pivotally connected to the base at one end and arranged to engage the sleeve in inoperative position, a shaft having an end arranged to enter the sleeve, a spring for normally holding the shaft away from the sleeve, links connected with the shaft and with the type bars for swinging the type bars outwardly away from the sleeve when the shaft is moved toward the v base, a bell-shaped ink pad holder having a central bore to receive the shaft and being movable longitudinally of the shaft to a position to surround the type of the type bearing bars, and an ink pad disposed around the inner wall of the ink pad holder for inking the type.

7. A'printing device for yarn cones, a base portion for frictionally engaging the interior of the cone, a shaft movable toward said base portion, a type bar pivotally mounted on said base portion and bearing type, a bell-shaped ink pad holder having a central bore arranged to receive the shaft and slidable to bring the type within the holder, an ink pad disposed on the interior Wall of the holder, and means actuated by the movement of the shaft toward the base for swinging the type bar on its pivot to bring the type into contact with the pad when the ink pad holder is in one position, and to bring the type into printing engagement with the interior wall of the cone when the base portion engages the interior of the cone and the ink pad holder is in a 'shifted position.

8. In a printing device for yarn cones, a shaft having a longitudinal slot, a bell-shaped ink pad holder having a central bore arranged to receive the shaft and being longitudinally movable thereon, a guide plate having a bar to receive the shaft and having a tongue arranged to enter the slot, means for rotatively securing the plate to the ink pad holder, and for limiting the rotative movement of the plate with the shaft, and a plurality of ink pads disposed on the interior wall of the ink pad holder.

9. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion, a shaft movable toward said base portion, a plurality of type bars pivotally mounted on said base bars and bearing type, a bell-shaped ink pad holder having a central bar to receive the shaft and being movable longitudinally of the shaft to a position to surround the type bars, a plurality of ink pads disposed on the interior wall of the ink pad holder, said pads containing inks of diierent colors, means actuated by the movement of the shaft toward the base for swinging the type bars on their pivots to bring the type into inking engagement with the pads, and means for confining the engagement of the type on each bar to a pad bearing ink of a predetermined color.

10. In a printing device for yarn cones, a base portion, a shaft movable toward said base portion, a plurality of type bars pivotally mounted on said base bars and bearing type, a bell-shaped ink pad holder having a central bar to receive the shaft and being movable longitudinally of the shaft to a position to surround the type bars, a plurality of ink pads disposed on the interior wall of the ink pad holder, said pads containing inks of different colors, means actuated by the movement of the shaft toward the base for swinging the type bars on their pivots to bring the type into inking engagement with the pads, means for conning the engagement of the type on each bar to a pad bearing ink of a predetermined color, said last named means being adjustable to select the color desired.

GEORGE G. GLENN. JOHN D. GLENN. 

